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Informationen zum Autor Muna Ndulo is Professor of Law! Cornell Law School. Peter Slinn! School of Oriental and African Studies! University of London Klappentext Considers the problems of constitutionalism and addresses the legal issues of making constitutions 'work'. Zusammenfassung Key constitutional issues in the process of developing! strengthening and consolidating the capacity of states to ensure good governance are analysed here. Utilising comparative material! the book draws lessons about the problems of constitutionalism and critically addresses the legal issues involved in making constitutions 'work' in practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of cases; List of constitutions; List of statutes; List of other instruments; Map; Introduction; 1. The democratic state in Africa: setting the scene; 2. Constitutions and the search for a viable political order; 3. Devising popular and durable national constitutions: the new constitutions of the 1990s; 4. Perfecting imperfections: amending a constitution; 5. Presidentialism and restraints upon executive power; 6. Enhancing access to the political system; 7. Making legislatures effective; 8. The judiciary and the protection of constitutional rights; 9. The devolution of power to local communities; 10. Developing autochthonous oversight bodies: human rights commissions and offices of the ombudsman; 11. Seeking constitutional control of the military; 12. Constitutionalism and emergency powers; 13. Constitutional governance: the lessons from southern and eastern experience; Bibliography; Index.
